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INPUT DEVICES

A few of the crucial input devices used by computers are listed below:
• Keyboard
• Mouse
• Joy Stick
• Light pen
• Track Ball
• Scanner
• Graphic Tablet
• Microphone
• Magnetic Ink Card Reader (MICR)
• Optical Character Reader (OCR)
• Bar Code Reader
• Optical Mark Reader (OMR)
Keyboard

The most frequent and well-liked input method for entering data
into
computers is the keyboard. Although there are some extra keys for
performing
other operations, the keyboard layout is similar to that of a typical
Keyboards typically have 84 or 101 or 102 keys, although lately
typewriter.
keyboards
with 104 or 108 keys are also offered for use with Windows and the
Internet.
The following is a list of the keyboard's keys:
Sr. Keys Description
No.
1 Typing These keys comprise digit keys (0–9) and letter
Keys keys (A–Z), which normally have the same layout
as typewriters.
2 Numeric It is used to move the cursor or enter numerical
Keypad data. It typically consists of a set of 17 keys that
are arranged in a manner consistent with that of
the majority of adding machines and calculators.
3 Function The keyboard has twelve function keys, which are
Keys located at the top of the keyboard in a row. Each
function key has a distinct meaning and serves a
certain function.
4 Control These keys allow you to control the screen and
keys cursor. It has four arrow keys for direction. Home,
End, Insert, Delete, Page Up, Page Down, Control
(Ctrl), Alternate (Alt), and Escape are additional
control keys (Esc).
5 Special In addition, the keyboard has some keys with
Purpose specific functions, including Enter, Shift, Caps
Keys Lock, Num Lock, Space Bar, Tab, and Print Screen.
Mouse

The most common pointing device is the mouse. It is a fairly well-


known
cursor-control gadget with a little palm-sized box and a sphere at its
base that
detects mouse movement and communicates with the CPU when the
mouse
Typically, it features a wheel between the left and
buttons are depressed.
right
buttons and two buttons labeled left and right. Although text cannot be
entered into a computer using a mouse, the mouse can be used to
manipulate
the position of the cursor on the screen.
Advantages

It is less expensive, easier to operate, and moves the cursor more


quickly than
a keyboard's arrow keys.
Joystick
A joystick is another pointing tool used to change the
position of the
cursor on a monitor screen. It is a stick with a sphere attached to each
of its
ends. A socket allows the lower spherical ball to move. You may rotate
the A joystick performs comparable tasks to a mouse. It
isjoystick in all four directions.
primarily utilized when playing video games and performing computer-
aided
design (CAD).
Light Pen
A light pen is a pointing tool that resembles a pen. It can be used to
choose
an item from a menu that is being displayed or to draw images on a
monitor. It
is made up of an optical system and a photocell that are enclosed in a
tiny
tube.
When a light pen's tip is moved over a monitor screen and the pen
button is depressed, the light pen's photocell detecting element
locates the
screen and signals the CPU accordingly.
Track Ball
Instead of a mouse, trackballs are an input method that are frequently
used in
notebook and laptop computers. The pointer can be manipulated by
moving
the fingers on this half-inserted ball.
A track ball takes up less room than a mouse
because
the entire gadget is not moved. Track balls can be found in different
shapes,
including squares, buttons, and balls.
Scanner
Scanners are input devices that operate more like photocopiers.
When
information is available on paper and needs to be moved to the
computer's
hard drive for further modification, it is used. The source's photos are
captured
by the scanner and turned into digital files that can be stored on a
disc.
Before being printed, these pictures can be modified.
Digitizer
An input device known as a digitizer transforms analogue
information into
digital form. A digitalizer can turn a television or camera signal into a
string of
numbers that can be saved in a computer. The computer can utilize
them to
produce an image of whatever the camera was aimed at. Due to the
fact that
it transforms graphic and pictorial data into binary inputs, the digitizer
is
often known as a tablet or graphics tablet. For precise drawing and
image-
editing tasks, a graphic tablet is employed as the digitizer.
Microphone

A microphone is an input device for sound, which is


subsequently
digitally stored. The microphone can be used to mix music or add
sound to a
multimedia presentation, among other things.
Magnetic Ink Card Reader (MICR)
Banks typically employ MICR input devices due to the volume
of checks
that must be processed daily. Cheques are printed with a particular
kind of ink
that incorporates machine-readable magnetic material particles along
with the
bank's code number and cheque number. The name of this reading
method is
Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR). The key benefits of MICR
are it
speed and low error rate.
Optical Character Reader
(OCR)
An input tool called OCR is used to read printed text.
OCR optically scans text character by character, transforms it into
machine-readable
code, and then saves it to the system memory.
Bar Code Readers

A bar code reader is a tool for reading bar-coded


information (data
in form of light and dark lines). Bar coded information is typically used
for book
numbers, product labels, etc. It might be built into a fixed scanner or be
a
handheld scanner. A bar code image is scanned by a bar code reader,
which then
transforms it into an alphanumeric value that is sent to the computer to
which
it is attached.
Optical Mark Reader (OMR)
OMR is a specialized optical scanner that can identify the style
of mark
left by a pen or pencil. When one option out of several possibilities
needs to be chosen and noted, it is used. It is specifically utilized for
reviewing multiple
choice exam answer sheets.

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